Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus does famed Pediatrician Benjamin Spock describe his own childhood in his new book, Feeding Your Baby and Child, written with Nutritionist Miriam E. Lowenberg (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3.75). Young Ben Spock's individual difficulties with food were the commonest kind: he was "something of a feeding problem," "very squeamish about lumps in cereal and scum on cocoa," and could not eat summer squash for 35 years because his mother forced it down him at the age of five...
...Brattle's reaction was one of quiet, well-mannered relief, the management of the Beacon Hill Theatre made more flamboyant use of all the free publicity it had received. "I don't think the Brattle managers handled their publicity correctly," Benjamin Sack, owner of the Beacon Hill Theatre, explained. "I think Miss Julie deserved a longer showing." He himself proceeded to sign a contract with Times Films to exhibit The Game of Love, One Summer of Happiness, Manon, Le Plaisir, and Gigi--all of which are noted for their censorable subject matter...
...Yardlings it is not Yale who presents the problem this afternoon, but the Tigers from New Jersey, who are unbeaten in two meets. Princeton has three top-fight runners who will strongly contest the lead with the freshmen. With the loss of Captain Dyke Benjamin, the freshmen will be hard put to beat the Tiger harriers...
Yardling captain DYKE BENJAMIN will be unable to run in Friday's triangular meet against Princeton and Yale, due to a fractured ankle, it was learned yesterday...
...Benjamin, according to McCurdy, was a "complete surprise." He runs with an unconventional style, and has tremendous endurance. Characteristic of most of the top flight freshmen, Benjamin is in the process of realizing his great potential...